T3D Re: FED conversion/file size

[Simeon Warner <simeon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Hubin wrote:
>
> It is true that JPG will alter the picture while compressing. 
> 
> However, GIF is supposed to compress with no alterations. Unless you
> have something that a GIF file simply cannnot do you should be able to
> convert to GIF without any loss of info.

GIF is lossless but limited to 8bit color (256 colors) so there may
be loss associated with that conversion. PNG is a superior format
to GIF in every respect. It is lossless, internally compressed,
allows 24bit color depth and also avoids possible Unisys GIF patent
problems. Web browsers (Netscape, MSIE) now support PNG internally
too.

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Simeon.